To create a new promo:1. Login to your Haulix account2. Click on the "Promos" menu item
3. Click the "New Promo" button
4. In the "Create Promo" dialog window, enter the Artist and Title for the album and click the "Create" button.
5. A new promo is created and you can begin to add accessories, edit the promo's details or save it for later.
6. You add cover art by clicking the green plus sign/"Add Cover Art" link. Select the file from your computer and it will get uploaded into your promo package. Same thing goes for PDF sheets. Upload an unlimited number of PDFs and optionally change their names. Delete any promo accessory by clicking the red "X Remove" button.
7. Secure your promo by setting various access dates and consumption settings.Release Date - this is the date the album gets released to the publicLive Date - this is the date the promo goes live. Invited contacts will not be able to access a promo until it's live.Expiration Date - this is the date the promo expires. Once the expiration date is hit, no contacts will be able to access it.Download Limit - this is the number of times each contact can download the album (we suggest giving your contacts at least 2 download attempts in case the first one fails due to a problem on their end).Stream Limit - this is the number of times each contact can stream an album through the music player on your promo web page. **A streamed song only docks 1/4 the size of the MP3 from your bandwidth quota**Active - this is an On/Off switch. If you set the promo's Active flag to off, it's an instant change and nobody will be able to access it.Accessibility - a "Public" promo can be accessed by anyone in the world who knows its internet address. Downloads from a "Public" promo will show up as Anonymous in your Activities panel. "Invitation Only" is more secure. Only contacts you invite will be able to access the promo. For watermarking to work, you need to choose the "Invitation Only" option.Tags - tags are words you can associate with a promo. Tags will appear next to the promo on your dashboard screen. Your contacts will not see your tags.Photo Gallery - click the green plus sign/"Add Photo" link to add photos to your promo's photo gallery. Photos and videos will get formed into a slideshow. You can also optionally select one photo from each promo to appear in your email invitations.Videos - to add a YouTube video to your promo's slideshow, visit YouTube, copy an embed address, paste the address into the textbox and click the "Attach" button. If successful, you will see a thumbnail of your video appear.
8. Haulix currently supports MP3 file types only. You can upload one track at a time or select a zip file with multiple tracks. Green progress bars will show your progress as tracks upload into your promo package. Once uploaded, you can change the name of tracks and re-order tracks by dragging/dropping them into their new position. Haulix will automatically update and write the ID3 tag information so that your promo formats nicely in common media players.
9. When you are finished editing your promo, click the "Save" button in the upper right corner of the screen.
10. If you uploaded new MP3 files, our watermark preparation process will kick in. You will see a pink box surround your promo with a progress indicator up top. Preparation should only take a minute or so per track. Once the watermark preparation process is complete, you can then move onto sending out email invitations to your contacts or save the promo for later.
11. You will see your newly created promo on the bottom of your dashboard screen.
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Promos | Screens | Streaming | Watermarking
If you have downloading enabled for a promo, your contacts will see download/podcast buttons in two separate places on the page. There is a set of buttons anchored to the top and a matching set underneath the track list.
Promos | Screens
Media Contacts | Screens